388. Auktion

1879, 25 c. black on red rose tied to envelope by CONSTANTINOPLE GALATA 29/OCT/79, bilingual cds., adressed to Aleppo, on reverse french blue transit mark ALEXANDRETTE SYRIA. Turkey 20 para green and 1 piastre yellow 1876 issue tied by all arabic POSTAHANE-I HALEP 1278 (with crescent, A&P #3) on reverse, tiny crease, fine and attractive, vertificate du Vachat (2010).

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type IV Setting B-F-H, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A rare stamp with a printing of only 12, signed Calves, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33d)

1897, Sage 2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type V, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 27 JUIL. 97” to small piece, extremely fine, very scarce, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type V Setting A-D-H, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 27 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and very scarce, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type IX Setting B-D-J, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A rare stamp with a printing of only 18, signed Calves, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33h)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type X Setting B-D-K, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A rare stamp with a printing of only 18, signed Calves, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33j)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type XII Setting A-D-K, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A very rare stamp with a printing of only 6, signed Calves, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33I)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1½ a. blue, Type IV Setting B-F-H, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and scarce, signed and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 34d)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1½ a. blue, Type IX Setting B-D-J, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 26 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and extremely scarce, only 24 printed, signed Kosack and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 34h)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1½ a. blue, Type X Setting B-D-K, fresh colours, used, very fine. A very scarce stamp with only 24 printed, signed A. Brun and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 34j)

5 a. + 50 c. on 3 a. brown, Type II Setting L-H-P, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and scarce, signed and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 35a)

5 a. + 50 c. on 3 a. brown, Type IV Setting L-I-P, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 27 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A very scarce stamp with only 36 printed, signed Calves and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 35c)

5 a. + 50 c. on 4 a. red-orange on salmon, Type I Setting L-H-O, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 28 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and very scarce, only 48 printed, signed Calves and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 36)

5 a. + 50 c. on 4 a. red-orange on salmon, Type IV Setting L-I-P, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A rare stamp with only 18 printed, signed Calves and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 36c)

5 a. + 50 c. on 4 a. red-orange on salmon, Type VI Setting L-K-O, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 27 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and extremely scarce, only 24 printed, signed and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 36e)

1904, Sage 25 c. on 4 a. red-orange on salmon, Type I Setting L-H-O, fresh colours, used with cds. “ZANZIBAR 22 JUIL. 04”, very fine, signed and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 58)

1892, Allegory 1 fr. olive/red on yellowish paper, together with additional franking including Forerunner Dubois, each neatly tied by cds. “LIBREVILLE CONGO-FRANCAIS AVRIL 1893” to registered envelope endorsed “Par courrier francais”, alongside boxed “R” and red octogonal maritime “LOANGO A MARSEILLE 23 AVRIL 93”, reverse arrival “HAMBURG 13 5 93”, fine and very scarce

1941, Paris Exposition 5 fa. with "France Libre" overprint in blue on Souvenir Sheet tied to small piece by "Inde Francaise, Pondichery 21-1-1942" double-circle datestamp, small oil stain at bottom right, otherwise Very Fine, only 775 examples were overprinted and while the unused examples are scarce, we seldom see used examples, signed Roumet

1932, Paris-Noumea Flight  50 c. , unused, lightly hinged, vf, signed Scheller

1933/38, Landscapes 15 c. and 55 c., each in imperforated horizontal pair,  mint never hinged, vf (Yvert 130a,136Aa; 890,-)

“AVIATION-MILITAIRE SERVICE POSTAL SUD TUNISIEN”, violet three-line framed cachet on stampless postcard with adjacent cds “GABES 4 6 18” and arrival cds “MEDENINE 7 6 18”, very fine. A rare military flight card, signed Todd

1861, Large Hermes head 2l. brown, two singles 5l. green and singles 40l. lilac on blue and 80 l. carmine on rose, fresh colors and mostly good margins, 40c. touched at top, applied upon arrival and tied by numeral “1” to folded letter originating in Marseille, an attractive 4-color franking, signed Bühler and certificate Scheller (2025)

1863, Volos (Turkey): Entire folded letter, with six pages content, marked in blue with the handstamp of the "Agency of the Hellenic Steamship Company at VOLOS", dateline 29-5-1861, red crayon ‘40’ (Lepta), sent to Syra with arrival mark on reverse, usual file folds, otherwise fine.

1912/14, 2 l., 3 l. 10 l. and 2 copies 30 l., tied by bilingual "SALONIQUE 26/2 13" to registered envelope to Dresden with arrival mark

1871, Austria Franz Joseph 10 kr. blue tied by cds. "IHUROCZSZ.MARTON 26.1. to complete money order to Preßburg with arrival mark, vertical folded and small part of the lower right corner missing, otherwise fine